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it's up to mitt romney. he's almost certainly going to be the republican nominee and it's up to him to try to figure out how to turn this around for the party because they are behind right now. >> this is just absolutely, willie, this is absolutely terrible news for a republican party that has been working overtime to tarnish their brand over the past month. >> i was going to say the last month, and we'll talk more about this later, but if whole rush limbaugh thing. the president jumped out clearly on the side of this georgetown law student. wanted to get on the right side of this issue. publicly defended her, called her, she went on television and said the president called me. this is low-hanging fruit, this is blood in the water for the president in the white house. if they're going to be attacking women talking about contraceptives and comes out to attack rush limbaugh, whether it's mitt romney or santorum or anybody else in such a feeble way to respond to it, that just adds to the problem for the republi
it's up to mitt romney. he's almost certainly going to be the republican nominee and it's up to him to try to figure out how to turn this around for the party because they are behind right now. >> this is just absolutely, willie, this is absolutely terrible news for a republican party that has been working overtime to tarnish their brand over the past month. >> i was going to say the last month, and we'll talk more about this later, but if whole rush limbaugh thing. the president...
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was this about mitt romney? or was this about rick santorum, mike? >> it's all about mitt romney. he's still -- he's a weak front-runner. still weak, still the front-runner. and he's got a chance now. i think if gingrich gets out, it may help romney. that's not the conventional wisdom. >> i don't think he will. >> i don't think he will either. but illinois is the big contest. the fact is, the romney campaign is in a message crisis. he stands for nothing now. what's on display is losing to santorum and talking about process. that campaign must change course if he's going to -- if he's going to get to tampa within hailing d i hailing distance. he's not close enough to put it away in tampa. >> john, about mitt romney, was this about rick santorum's big win? they say he swept the south. >> i'll say both, i think. the romney campaign badly managed expectations here. they let themselves get excited about the notion they might win one or both of these states and started talking about it too much. mitt romney saying rick santorum's campaign was at a desperate end. the early exit polls las
was this about mitt romney? or was this about rick santorum, mike? >> it's all about mitt romney. he's still -- he's a weak front-runner. still weak, still the front-runner. and he's got a chance now. i think if gingrich gets out, it may help romney. that's not the conventional wisdom. >> i don't think he will. >> i don't think he will either. but illinois is the big contest. the fact is, the romney campaign is in a message crisis. he stands for nothing now. what's on display...
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romney is in good shape. h he's made it through his hard part of the calendar. >> over the next month or so, santorum loses support and money? if romney is not getting to the 1144, why would santorum get out of the race. >> if the win is big enough tonight, the romney people say he can get there. the other thing is, you know, the press is schizophrenic. we love the race and competition. on the other hand, we have this manic desire to say to people, why aren't you getting out of the race. it's what's happening to gingrich. you can see the effect of that. if romney wins in illinois after florida and michigan, it's the narrative of the santorum campaign. it will be tougher if he couldn't win what is a one-on-one race. that was the big premise. >> we'll see tonight. >> i look at russell's note this morning. >> russell lovelady. >> the lovelady is in. one quote after another from illinois republicans who say on the record, i'm not excited about romney. the guy doesn't move me. these aren't the republican governors
romney is in good shape. h he's made it through his hard part of the calendar. >> over the next month or so, santorum loses support and money? if romney is not getting to the 1144, why would santorum get out of the race. >> if the win is big enough tonight, the romney people say he can get there. the other thing is, you know, the press is schizophrenic. we love the race and competition. on the other hand, we have this manic desire to say to people, why aren't you getting out of the...
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illinois is going to go romney. louisiana is going to go santorum and wisconsin is another shot for santorum to say, hey, i can win in a place that just isn't about evangelicals and social conservatives. >> all right. a couple topics. i want to get to the massachusetts senate race but first, chuck, and then gene, i'd love to hear your thoughts on this headline out of the arizona daily sun. i'll bring it to you. we read it in the first hour. a bill nearing passage in the state's republican-led legislature would allow all employers not just religious institutions to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage based on moral grounds. also in the bill, women in arizona who want birth control covered by the health plans could be required to prove they need it for medical purposes as opposed to using it to prevent pregnancy. the bill has already passed in the house and now moves to the state senate for a full vote. what's going on in arizona, chuck, first? >> apparently arizona republicans were a little concerned that pre
illinois is going to go romney. louisiana is going to go santorum and wisconsin is another shot for santorum to say, hey, i can win in a place that just isn't about evangelicals and social conservatives. >> all right. a couple topics. i want to get to the massachusetts senate race but first, chuck, and then gene, i'd love to hear your thoughts on this headline out of the arizona daily sun. i'll bring it to you. we read it in the first hour. a bill nearing passage in the state's...
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look, i think they are lucking out that it's romney as their opponent. >> they are. >> romney didn't spend a year and a half in his first two years trying to pass legislation that was unconstitutional. >> impressive impact on the base, too. the achievement of the -- >> if that's taken away, i think it's not good for the president. >> i think it's tough on the president because it is law. i think actually democrats in congress get a whole set of issues to turn around and say wow, the conservative court didn't allow you to discriminate on pre-existing conditions. there is a few sets of issues to turn around and say you need to vote democrat because we need to put more jurors on the bench. for obama, it's tough. it's so associated with him. to spend that much political capital -- >> it's like sugar free lemonade. >> i get it. i think you are right. it's the route you go. >> it was easier to argue for the pre-existing stuff, keeping kids on health care until 26 than to say insurance coverage. >> you are not against kids getting health care? >> the thing is republicans will be smart enoug
look, i think they are lucking out that it's romney as their opponent. >> they are. >> romney didn't spend a year and a half in his first two years trying to pass legislation that was unconstitutional. >> impressive impact on the base, too. the achievement of the -- >> if that's taken away, i think it's not good for the president. >> i think it's tough on the president because it is law. i think actually democrats in congress get a whole set of issues to turn...
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and mitt romney, whether it's romney care or the wall street bailouts, supporting cap and trade and other big government programs when he was governor of massachusetts, that's his record. my record have one of limited government. my record is one of free market health care, free market economics.ant while he may have had, you know, experience on wall street, i have had experience out there working with the average and ordinary people, growing up in a steel town, and i know what works best for main street america. maybe not for those on wall street, which mitt romney has a pretty good and strong track record of supporting. we have a great record of supporting the average american. >> all right. well, let's go there. i want to ask you about illinois. but first, since you talk about connecting with average ordinary americans, some analysts, including maybe some on this set, might have said that you got a tad bit side tracked on the issue of contraception in a way that doesn't connect with not only members of your party, but across the board. just totally off message, off base in terms of wha
and mitt romney, whether it's romney care or the wall street bailouts, supporting cap and trade and other big government programs when he was governor of massachusetts, that's his record. my record have one of limited government. my record is one of free market health care, free market economics.ant while he may have had, you know, experience on wall street, i have had experience out there working with the average and ordinary people, growing up in a steel town, and i know what works best for...
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thing voted for romney. conservatives, he won the conservative vote in illinois. mitt romney did, 43-39. he lost the very conservative vote. so it was a good night for him to be sure. but if you're sitting where rick santorum is, you look at louisiana on saturday and figure you have a good shot there. you look at wisconsin after that. you think you have a pretty good shot there. you've got some money in the bank. i still don't see maybe this moment comes if he loses his home state of pennsylvania, which is more than a month away. but i don't see why in the next month he would be compelled to get out of the race. i just don't see it. >> i don't see, mika, mitt winning louisiana. >> no, no. >> i think santorum actually is custom made more so in wisconsin than illinois. of winning a very catholic, blue collar state like wisconsin. >> well, you say what's changed in a week? i'd say not a lot has changed because alabama and mississippi are very different states. and romney was never going to win those states. may
thing voted for romney. conservatives, he won the conservative vote in illinois. mitt romney did, 43-39. he lost the very conservative vote. so it was a good night for him to be sure. but if you're sitting where rick santorum is, you look at louisiana on saturday and figure you have a good shot there. you look at wisconsin after that. you think you have a pretty good shot there. you've got some money in the bank. i still don't see maybe this moment comes if he loses his home state of...
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louisiana, a loss for romney. kansas, possibly a loss for romney. he's got some tough -- >> the narrative. although it's only about the two southern states. it's going to be bumpy. he has a bit better chance than mississippi. kansas will be hard. alabama, really hard. and the question, do they do anything decides different tactics? the message they they're pointing out is choices and illusion. it doesn't help the narrative battle. and i think they got to step back. and say what are we going to do to change up the recipe here? >> and what sector of voters are they losing along the way as the battle draws on? >> not only did he look at the the exit polls from ohio, he cannot reach out, he cannot be embraced by evangelicals and real conservatives, by the religious right, as well as blue collar voters. but he's losing independents, losing the very people he's going to need in the fall. i think he is grinding it out. the persona is not someone that is really easily accessible. . it's not someone that is respected by voters. that he has not taken the oppo
louisiana, a loss for romney. kansas, possibly a loss for romney. he's got some tough -- >> the narrative. although it's only about the two southern states. it's going to be bumpy. he has a bit better chance than mississippi. kansas will be hard. alabama, really hard. and the question, do they do anything decides different tactics? the message they they're pointing out is choices and illusion. it doesn't help the narrative battle. and i think they got to step back. and say what are we...
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mitt romney, president obama sup 56 points on mitt romney. he's up 55 on santorum. 58 on newt gingrich. >> a fox news poll, willie and, of course, george w. bush in 2004 got what percent? >> like in the 40s. >> yeah. that is a potentially fatal number, john. >> you cannot -- you cannot win -- >> you can't pick up 100 electoral votes. >> you can't win the presidency with 14% of the hispanic vote. you can't. all three of those guys have now. obviously, all have worsened their situation with latino voters over the course of this primary and can do some things to fix that but that is a bad place to start from. almost, again, it's almost fatal. >>> coming up next, a new hbo movie "game change," julianne moore joins us on set also the film's director and executive producer jay roach. first, here's bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >> joe, after the tornadoes of last week and the horrendous weather couldn't ask for a better weather today for all the primary voting in our super tuesday states. the radar, not much to talk about. just in
mitt romney, president obama sup 56 points on mitt romney. he's up 55 on santorum. 58 on newt gingrich. >> a fox news poll, willie and, of course, george w. bush in 2004 got what percent? >> like in the 40s. >> yeah. that is a potentially fatal number, john. >> you cannot -- you cannot win -- >> you can't pick up 100 electoral votes. >> you can't win the presidency with 14% of the hispanic vote. you can't. all three of those guys have now. obviously, all have...
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i still think romney is the nominee, but i think santorum versus romney one-on-one gives romney a run for his money. he needs to become a candidate conservatives can potentially rally around. donny deutsch and mike barnicle, would you two agree? >> couldn't agree more. and i think the greatest thing for this country is if santorum became the candidate because then we will see for several months, contrast. there's a fight for the soul of this country right now and romney doesn't have a soul. he's in the middle. and to me, they just -- they buy it. they just ain't buying it. and everyone keeps saying de facto, he's going to get the nomination. i keep seeing the script, an open convention and a white knight coming in. i just -- everybody saying that can't happen. that can't happen. i see it that way. >> well, it appears that erick erickson might get his wish. illinois will basically be santorum versus romney. and i think from what i'm told, it's going to be a lot closer than a lot of people think that santorum has some strength in illinois. >> it's close now. it's 4%. >> romney, unfortun
i still think romney is the nominee, but i think santorum versus romney one-on-one gives romney a run for his money. he needs to become a candidate conservatives can potentially rally around. donny deutsch and mike barnicle, would you two agree? >> couldn't agree more. and i think the greatest thing for this country is if santorum became the candidate because then we will see for several months, contrast. there's a fight for the soul of this country right now and romney doesn't have a...
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so romney is -- very interesting that you think romney has a shot. let's move from north louisiana to central florida. you have been a champion on this tragic case coming out of sanford, florida. there appears, and i say only appears, because you never know, there appears to be some movement in the tray von martin case. von martin case. >> i don't know what that means. the sheriff, i don't know whether he will be back, whether you have a boss that goes away, you know he will be back or behave differently in any way that will shame that boss if you know he is coming back. prosecutor has changed. >> changed prosecutor. the governor is now appointing another special investigator. i think everybody statewide is starting to feel the heat. >> that is very true. there is a lot of heat here. this is a very small city, small police department. and they have bungled things, to some degree, and that may compromise the investigation and even if it doesn't compromise it, it makes people lose faith in the investigation and that's bad thing because now, it's into t
so romney is -- very interesting that you think romney has a shot. let's move from north louisiana to central florida. you have been a champion on this tragic case coming out of sanford, florida. there appears, and i say only appears, because you never know, there appears to be some movement in the tray von martin case. von martin case. >> i don't know what that means. the sheriff, i don't know whether he will be back, whether you have a boss that goes away, you know he will be back or...